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Twelve Angry Men Debrief Questions

1. What type of decision was the group instructed to reach (e.g. majority, consensus, authoritarian, etc)

2. How did personality and interaction styles influence the group's dynamics, conflict management and decision-making process?

3. How did bias/prejudices influence the group's dynamics, conflict management and decision-making process?

4. What, if anything, did the foremen do well that helped the group's conflict management and decision-making process?

5. What, if anything, could the foremen have done differently to help the group's conflict management and decision-making process?

6. Who was most influential on the group's decision-making process? What did he do that was so influential on the group? And what interaction style did he appear to be using?

7. What constructive responses to conflict (refer to class handout on constructive and destructive responses to conflict) were displayed? Explain.

8. What destructive responses to conflict (refer to class handout on constructive and destructive responses to conflict) were displayed? Explain.

9. What behaviors seemed to most escalate conflict among the group?

10. What behaviors seemed to most de-escalate conflict among the group?

11. What did the group do to transition forward each time it appeared headed for a stalemate?

These debrief questions must be submitted prior to 12:00 AM [midnight] Pacific Standard Time on the last calendar day of class.